The new Charlotte
You may remember Mike Savage from his Scary Go Round misadventures or his Bad Machinery misadventures. His relationship with Lottie’s mum (forged in the very final pages of The Case of the Severed Alliance) should not be thought of as a misadventure.
I dunno, Mike hasn’t exactly been a bringer of good fortune when he appears…
This Mike has a new cut to his jib and his chin, a new firmness in the arch of his eyebrow.
A Mike Savage at least 73% less likely to turn into a giant monster that eats all the hope in the town, if you will.
Heh. I know that look. Mike’s been *straightened out*, and he couldn’t be happier about it.
Is that like being “sorted out”?
I was going to say…him and Pepper, man!
I used to have a dentist called Savage. First time I went he said “I’m Savage, rhymes with Damage.
Sounds more like a grime artist than a dentist.
His bald spot behind that magnificent tuft also seems to have disappeared. I guess the love of a good Grote works wonders.
Mike DEFINITELY goes to hair club for men and you should trust nothing that is happening on top of his head
Is Mike eating Bran ‘n Bran for brekkies?
He appears to be!
Fibre is important, he’s not a young man anymore.
I suppose it’s a regular thing for him.
Looking at the title of the next installment — A miracle baby — and trying to decide if the news that might make Lottie furious is that her mum is with child, or if that’s Lottie’s sarcastic guess as to what the family meeting is all about.
i would have guessed they’re going to sell the house and lottie has to find her own place
A miracle baby? How old is Sarah now? Surely she’s pushing 30 since Lottie is pushing 20. Assuming she didn’t have Sarah as a middle teen, that would make Karen pushing 50. Or more. While not impossible for a woman in her 50’s to have a baby, it isn’t something that she could hide from her daughter. Particularly an observant one like Lottie.
That said, my math could be suspect (it usually is) and Karen could be only in her early 40s and still arguably fertile a bit.
However my money is still on her being in her mid 50’s and this whole exercise is not really very arguable.
A woman can identify she’s pregnant two or three months before it starts to show.
The page titles are usually off-hand remarks and the like, rather than major plot points, though. Of course, “usually” isn’t the same as “always”, so I guess we’ll find out, one way or the other.
John has said on several occasions that the titles are often actually intended to deceive.
But that’s OK. I like playing the game anyway. If I’m wrong, no one remembers. If I’m right, I get to come back tomorrow and brag about it.
It’s like when you’re playing golf and you hit your tee shot into the trees. Sure, the sensible play is to just chip the ball back into the fairway and play it from there. But what fun is that?
You go for broke. If you miss, all you lose is a couple of strokes. But if you hit it through that small gap in the branches and stick it on the green, you’ll have a story you can tell forever.
Looking back on it, I like to think of the case of the severed alliance as Lottie working with her future step father. It was good to see how he handled her flighty personality. He’s also a key figure in the Shelley sphere, very well connected and tempered in the Tackleford chaos fire.
I’m starting to be kinda scared by this plan. But Lottie’s mom is rightfully worried. Lottie is acting really in a weird way respect her usual self. Love to see she and Mike being such a good couple. He looks way more calm and happy now.
Strindin’ along, nose skywards, yelling LAAA is very Old Lottie though. Extremely so, even.
Parenting at its best.
Is it too presumptuous to assume that this potential Lottie infuriating plan involves a ring of sorts?
Toot Toot Laaaa! indeed
Mike! looking good, my man
He just needed more fibre in his diet.
but enough about all these humans TELL ME ABOUT THAT CAT
Perhaps it is named Friend Cat, or Comrade Cat. Perhaps it knows Pepper.
I knew Lottie got her observational skills from somewhere. But her track-record for cunning plans makes me worry for what her mother has cooked up.
I think it’s pretty obvious what Lottie’s really up to here. Emboldened by her Creator’s recent flouting of the Detective Comics Comics people, Lottie has decided to pursue her new career as the Bat-like Man. (One could point out that Lottie doesn’t match the “man” part, but Lottie doesn’t care.)
All of this will build up to the formation of Justice League Tackleford, where Lottie will join forces with SuperShelley, Wonder Shauna, Green Linton, The Finch, Fishman, and Mildred Manhunter. (With a movie to be directed by Anyone But Zack Snyder.)
It’s also entirely possible that I shouldn’t post when I haven’t gotten enough sleep, but we’ll never know.
GREEN LINTON
All I know is the Manhunter better steer clear of Claire.
(Who would be an excellent Robin for Lottie, btw.)
I figured she’d be Blue Little (who often works closely with Booster Colm).
Once again “Mother loves to pathologise“, but now she’s concerned that Lottie is too high not too low. Maybe it’s all that fresh roast coffee.
Mike is one of many sad sacks in the SGR cinematic universe that I had hoped would find better things off-screen. This page was unexpectedly uplifting to see!
Delighted to see that Lottie is wearing the colours of the Unkrainian flag.
I’d love to say this was a mark of my genuine solidarity but I fear when I drew this, the war hadn’t started…
I wonder what “toot toot laaa” sounds like in real life. Oh, to find out!